Environment
New NMI Research Finds More Than 80% of U.S. Adults Show Some Type of Green Motivation
Submitted on Nov 15, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition
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According to research by Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), more than 80% of the total U.S. adult population show some type of "green motivation." Moreover, the number of consumers who are "sustainability active" has increased since 2004 and now extends to several consumer segments identified by NMI.
Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services
Submitted on Nov 12, 2008 (Original item from 2006) General Animal Protection | Wildlife and Exotics
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Marine biodiversity loss is increasingly impairing the ocean's capacity to provide food for humans and other animals, maintain water quality, and recover from disturbances like erosion. However, the available data suggest that these trends are still reversible.
Worldwatch Paper #171 - Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry
Submitted on Nov 04, 2008 (Original item from 2005) Diet and Nutrition | Farmed Animals | Vegetarianism and Veganism
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In "Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry," Worldwatch Institute researcher Danielle Nierenberg documents the harmful effects of factory farming in both industrialized and developing countries and explains the range of consequences for the environment, human health, and local communities.
Meat Must be Rationed to Four Portions a Week, Says Report on Climate Change
Submitted on Oct 15, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition | Farmed Animals | Vegetarianism and Veganism
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A report by the Food Climate Research Network of the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom warns that people should "ration" their meat consumption to four portions per week and their dairy consumption to one liter of milk per week to help avoid global climate change caused by animal farming.
Mammals Facing Extinction Threat
Submitted on Oct 11, 2008 (Original item from 2008) General Animal Protection | Wildlife and Exotics
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According to The Red List of Threatened Species, the populations of more than half of the world's mammalian species are declining and at least one quarter are at risk of extinction. The biggest threat to mammals is loss of habitat, including deforestation.
Meat: Making Global Warming Worse
Submitted on Sep 19, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition | Farmed Animals
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This article discusses the impact of meat consumption on global climate change, spurred by a comment by the head of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Rajendra Pachauri, a vegetarian himself, recommended a reduction in meat consumption to combat climate change.
Cultivating the Green Consumer
Submitted on Sep 16, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition | General Animal Protection
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Consumers say they want to buy ecologically friendly products and reduce their impact on the environment. But when they get to the cash register, their Earth-minded sentiments die on the vine. Although individual quirks underlie some of this hypocrisy, businesses can do a lot more to help would-be green consumers turn their talk into walk. [Excerpted from article]
Greendex, Consumer Choice and the Environment - A Worldwide Tracking Survey
Submitted on Aug 22, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Diet and Nutrition
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National Geographic identifies food consumption trends for the U.S. compared with other major countries like China, Brazil, and Canada, in an effort to measure and compare the sustainability of consumer choices in 14 countries. The food sustainability score is achieved by weighing a variety of factors, most importantly the consumption of meat and seafood, fruit and vegetables, and locally grown foods. The report also covers related items such as knowledge and awareness of environmental issues.
Wealth Does Not Dictate Concern for the Environment, Study Finds
Submitted on Aug 18, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Farmed Animals | General Animal Protection | Wildlife and Exotics
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A study of several dozen nations with different economic situations found that those living in relatively poorer nations are equally or more concerned about the environment when compared with those living in wealthier nations.
Study Finds Industrial Toxin Widespread
Submitted on Aug 13, 2008 (Original item from 2008) Wildlife and Exotics
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Scientists have expressed concerns that polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) - an industrial toxin - have spread worldwide after they found high levels in people who eat whale meat in the remote Faroe Islands of the North Atlantic.